David Adika, born 1970 in Jerusalem and currently in residency in Paris, is a photographer working mainly with still lives and portraiture in which the critical gaze is concealed in ‘beauty’. Beauty in Adika's works, together with the inquisitive eye, acts as both a honey-trap that delights the viewer, and a contemplative force, reflecting conflicts of identity and doom.
David Adika received his BFA and MFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and has exhibited in many solo and group shows in Glasgow, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Stockholm and more. Adika has received numerous awards and scholarships, among them the Keren Sharet of the America-Israel Fund and the Young Artist Award of the Israel Ministry of Art and Culture.